General Electric Company

Ge Inspection Technologies, Gmbh

Baker Hughes, a Ge Compnay, LLC

Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.v.

Ge Infrastructure Technology, LLC

Kevin George Harding

Gil Abramovich

Guiju Song

Joseph Benjamin Ross

Jianming Zheng

Steven Robert Hayashi

Xiaoming Du

Clark Alexander Bendall

Jason Harris Karp

Robert William Tait

Li Tao

Daniel Curtis Gray

Qingying Hu

Tian Chen

Howard Paul Weaver

William Thomas Carter

Victor Petrovich Ostroverkhov

Christopher Allen Nafis

Justin John Gambone, Jr

Joseph Czechowski, Iii

Ming Jia

James Allen Baird

Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr

Marshall Gordon Jones

Frederick Wilson Wheeler

David Charles Bogdan, Jr

Thomas Karpen

John W Devitt

Ralph Gerald Isaacs

Zirong Zhai

Yi Liao

Dongmin Yang

Craig Alan Cantello

Jie Han

Xinjue Zou

Xiaoping Qian

Shu-Guo Tang

Michael Evans Graham

Thomas James Batzinger

Tao Li

Mark Allen Cheverton

Jinjie Shi

Kevin Patrick Capaldo

James William Sears

Russell Stephen DeMuth

Lang Yuan

Donald Wagner Hamilton

Esmaeil Heidari

Vijay Krishna Paruchuru

Kevin William Meyer

Xinjun Wan

Bernard Patrick Bewlay

Peter William Lorraine

Robert John Filkins

Hua Xia

Nelson R Corby, Jr

Glenn Scott Claydon

Yong Yang

Pierino Gianni Bonanni

John Broddus Deaton, Jr

Pingfan Peter Wu

Vadim Bromberg

Francis Howard Little

Anthony Sebastian Bauco

Clifford Bueno

Anis Zribi

Mark Joseph Bartonek

Jonathan Matthew Lomas

William Robert Ross

Mark Marshall Meyers

Stacey Joy Kennerly

Andrew Joseph Detor

Joseph Leagrand Mundy

Xu Han

Donald Robert Howard

Min-Yi Shih

Kuna Venkat Satya Rama Kishore

Meena Ganesh

Bryon Edward Knight

Scott Michael Miller

John Brandon Laflen

Bradley Graham Moore

Vicki Herzl Watkins

Peter James Fritz

Magdi Naim Azer

Venkata Vijayaraghava Nalladega

Joseph Vincent Pawlowski

Kristina Helena Valborg Hedengren

Jessica Godin Karp

Thomas Watkins Lloyd

Brandi Elizabeth Wood

Vinod Padmanabhan Kumar

Tao Jia

Swaminathan Manickam

Alexander Bernard Flavian Rebello

Juan M De Bedout

Ratnadeep Paul

Ajit Achuthan

Mohammad Mehdi Daneshpanah

Paolo Trallori

A method of processing a part includes: identifying () a location of at least one hole () disposed in the part using a computer-aided design (CAD) model of the part (); aligning () the part in a mounting system (); 3D-scanning () the part (); detecting () at least one boundary feature of the hole () based at least partially on at least one datum from 3D-scanning () the part; and generating () a first toolpath () based at least partially on the boundary feature.

Automated identification of cooling holes and toolpath generation

A probe system and a method are provided. The probe system includes an emitter unit, a pattern generation system, and an intensity modulator. The emitter unit is for emitting light. The pattern generation system is for projecting at least one reference structured-light pattern onto an object surface to obtain at least one reference projected pattern, and including a mirror scanning unit for reflecting the light to a plurality of directions. The intensity modulator is for modulating intensity of the light according to the at least one reference projected pattern to provide modulated light to the mirror scanning unit to reflect the modulated light to the plurality of directions to project at least one modulated structured-light pattern onto the object surface to obtain at least one modulated projected pattern.

Light modulation for inspection probes

An additive manufacturing system configured to manufacture a component including scan strategies for efficient utilization of one or more laser arrays. The additive manufacturing system includes at least one laser device, each configured as a laser array, and a build platform. Each laser device is configured to generate a plurality of laser beams. The component is disposed on the build platform. The at least one laser device is configured to sweep across the component and the build platform in at least one of a radial direction, a circumferential direction or a modified zig-zag pattern and simultaneously operate the one or more of the plurality of individually operable laser beams corresponding to a pattern of the layer of a build to generate successive layers of a melted powdered material on the component and the build platform corresponding to the pattern of the layer of the build. A method of manufacturing a component with the additive manufacturing system is also disclosed.

Scan strategies for efficient utilization of laser arrays in direct metal laser melting (DMLM)

An additive manufacturing system includes a laser device, a build plate, a first scanning device, and an alignment system. The laser device is configured to generate a laser beam. The build plate has a position relative to the laser device. The first scanning device is configured to selectively direct the laser beam across the build plate. The laser beam generates a melt pool on the build plate. The alignment system includes a fiducial marks projector configured to project a plurality of fiducial marks across the build plate. Each fiducial mark has a location on the build plate. The alignment system also includes an optical detector configured to detect the location of each of the fiducial marks on the build plate. The alignment system is configured to detect the position of the build plate relative to the laser device.

Systems and methods for additive manufacturing in-build assessment and correction of laser pointing accuracy

An additive manufacturing system includes at least one imaging device configured to direct electromagnetic radiation towards a build layer of a component positioned within a powder bed of the additive manufacturing system. The additive manufacturing system also includes at least one detector configured to detect the electromagnetic radiation that reflects from the build layer.

Imaging devices for use with additive manufacturing systems and methods of monitoring and inspecting additive manufacturing components

A corrosion maintenance scheduling and implementation system and method measure one or more characteristics of corrosion in equipment before and after implementation of a corrosion remediation action, determine one or more of a change in the one or more characteristics of the corrosion between before and after implementation of the corrosion remediation action, one or more historical operational characteristics of the equipment, or one or more forthcoming operational characteristics of the equipment, and modify a schedule of the corrosion remediation action for the equipment based on one or more of the one or more characteristics of corrosion that are measured, the change in the one or more characteristics of the corrosion, the one or more historical operational characteristics of the equipment, and/or the one or more forthcoming operational characteristics of the equipment.

System for monitoring and controlling equipment life due to corrosion degradation

An imaging device for an additive manufacturing system is provided. The additive manufacturing system includes a material. The imaging device includes a high resolution imaging bar including at least one detector array, and an imaging element positioned between the at least one detector array and the material. The high resolution imaging bar is displaced from the material along a first direction and extends along a second direction. The high resolution imaging bar is configured to generate an image of a build layer within the material.

Imaging devices for use with additive manufacturing systems and methods of imaging a build layer

A method of forming a build in a powder bed includes emitting a plurality of laser beams from selected vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) of at least one VCSEL array onto the powder bed, the selected VCSELs of the at least one VCSEL array corresponding to a pattern of a layer of the build; and simultaneously melting powder in the powder bed corresponding to the pattern of the layer of the build.

Additive manufacturing systems and methods

A component is fabricated in a powder bed by moving a laser array across the powder bed. The laser array includes a plurality of laser devices. The power output of each laser device of the plurality of laser devices is independently controlled. The laser array emits a plurality of energy beams from a plurality of selected laser devices of the plurality of laser devices to generate a melt pool in the powder bed. A non-uniform energy intensity profile is generated by the plurality of selected laser devices. The non-uniform energy intensity profile facilitates generating a melt pool that has a predetermined characteristic.

System and methods for fabricating a component with laser array

An additive manufacturing system is configured to manufacture a component. The additive manufacturing system includes a laser device, a build platform, a first scanning device, and an air knife. The laser device is configured to generate a laser beam. The component is disposed on the build platform. The air knife is configured to channel an inert gas across the build platform. The first scanning device is configured to selectively direct the laser beam across the build platform. The laser beam is configured to generate successive layers of a melted powdered build material on the component and the build platform. The build platform is configured to rotate the component relative to the air knife.

Systems and methods for additive manufacturing rotating build platforms

An additive manufacturing method includes patterning a laser beam using a mirror array; and reflecting the patterned laser beam from the mirror array onto a powder to melt the powder, wherein the pattern corresponds to a portion of a layer of an article.

A device for identifying an end of a fiber tape rolling over a composite structure is presented. The device includes a light source disposed proximate to the composite structure and configured to project a line of light at a first angle on the fiber tape rolling over the composite structure. Also, the device includes an image capturing unit disposed proximate to the composite structure and configured to capture an image of the line of light on the fiber tape at a second angle. Further, the device includes a controller coupled to the image capturing unit and configured to process the captured image to detect a discontinuity in the line of light on the fiber tape and identify the end of the fiber tape based on the detected discontinuity in the line of light on the fiber tape.

System and method for monitoring tape ends of a composite layup machine

A surface roughness measurement device that in one embodiment includes main and auxiliary emitting fibers, multiple collecting fibers, an optical housing, main and auxiliary reflective mirrors, and an external circuit. The optical housing includes the fibers and defines an aperture for optically contacting a surface of an object. The main reflective mirror is arranged in the optical housing, for reflecting light emitted from the main emitting fiber to a detecting point of the aperture and reflected light by the object to the collecting fibers. The auxiliary reflective mirror is arranged in the optical housing, for reflecting light emitted from the auxiliary emitting fiber to the detecting point. The external circuit is for generating a laser beam to the main and auxiliary emitting fibers, collecting the reflected light from the collecting fibers, and calculating the surface roughness of the object based on the collected reflected light.

Surface roughness measurement device

A system includes a light emitting unit, a front mirror, a rear mirror, an imaging unit and a processor. The light emitting unit is configured to emit a collimated light beam. The front mirror is configured to reflect part of the collimated light beam to produce and project a front focused ring of structured light to an object to obtain a front reflected ring of light, and configured to allow part of the collimated light beam to pass by. The rear mirror is positioned downstream of a light transmitting path of the front mirror. The rear mirror is configured to reflect at least part of the collimated light beam passing by the front mirror to produce and project a rear focused ring of the structured light to the object to obtain a rear reflected ring of light.

System and method of measuring geometric characteristics of object

A lens system includes a tube lens and a lens assembly, with the tube lens disposed between an optical sensor and the lens assembly. The lens assembly is disposed between the tube lens and an imaged object. In order to solve the problem of some lens systems having focal lengths that are shorter than the working distances of the lens systems, one aspect of the inventive subject matter described herein provides the lens assembly with a negative lens and plural positive lenses. A first positive lens is located between a second positive lens and an imaging plane, the second positive lens is located between the first positive lens and the negative lens, and the negative lens is located between the second positive lens and the tube lens.

Long working distance lens system, assembly, and method

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